DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/26 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0949z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 6 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.1 - - 76.2 - - 80.3 - - 76.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 110 - - 180 - - 129 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1869 - - 3663 - - 4334 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1584 - - 3128 - - 3440 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2758 - - 4552 - - 5223 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1392 - - 763 - - 865 - - 4576 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 251 - - 369 - - 349 - - 28 W* B/S - - - 14 - - 16 - - 14 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 105 - - 130 - - 119 - - 094 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - -2 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1300 - - -1797 - - -2673 - - -5405 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4058 - - 6349 - - 7897 - - 6344 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9245 - - -9324 - - -10363 - - -13485 ODpotential blCL - - - 12003 - - 13876 - - 15586 - - 14423 blCL maxRH - - - 66 - - 54 - - 48 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.1 - - 76.2 - - 80.3 - - 76.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 55.7 - - 51.8 - - 49.2 - - 52.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.4 - - 75.0 - - 79.4 - - 77.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 54.3 - - 50.5 - - 47.9 - - 50.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 110 - - 180 - - 129 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1869 - - 3663 - - 4334 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99402 38 095 26 086 23 079 28 079 99402 91952 28 084 24 087 17 079 20 082 91952 86179 23 068 25 097 16 083 20 079 86179 81393 16 073 23 094 12 075 20 072 81393 77279 15 059 19 083 7 065 18 064 77279 73643 11 035 16 068 11 126 11 041 73643 70357 4 056 10 040 13 089 2 055 70357 67321 4 122 5 344 15 026 8 048 67321 64502 9 065 3 019 14 020 12 019 64502 61797 14 037 8 018 9 013 12 010 61797 58989 16 018 8 014 6 350 9 357 58989 56067 18 346 13 348 10 348 10 336 56067 53271 20 336 17 341 12 354 11 355 53271 50761 20 339 24 350 26 358 27 005 50761 48529 27 344 31 357 30 001 39 011 48529 46510 32 340 34 000 34 012 40 013 46510 44667 30 329 31 354 33 008 35 019 44667 42975 21 333 26 347 26 007 31 026 42975 41405 30 023 21 012 20 010 26 032 41405 39938 42 025 30 035 22 032 27 043 39938 38555 42 014 36 033 28 042 30 049 38555 37214 41 010 32 019 26 036 31 052 37214 35846 39 012 28 010 23 020 27 047 35846 34420 37 017 27 011 21 004 25 033 34420 32938 36 017 26 011 20 354 26 027 32938 31385 36 015 26 007 22 352 23 018 31385 29753 37 016 28 003 23 352 20 013 29753 28041 35 015 28 006 24 358 18 011 28041 26249 32 011 28 011 22 005 16 011 26249 24377 31 012 27 018 23 014 16 021 24377 22426 23 020 24 027 21 028 17 033 22426 20394 14 023 13 026 17 034 14 042 20394 18279 16 005 7 027 6 022 14 041 18279 16124 16 355 9 012 3 033 10 050 16124 14041 11 357 8 354 6 340 3 105 14041 12148 6 002 5 008 5 323 1 060 12148 10472 4 021 3 041 3 297 3 038 10472 8986 4 003 3 032 1 286 3 039 8986 7667 5 357 4 029 1 079 5 041 7667 6498 4 015 3 055 4 133 2 133 6498 5469 4 055 5*123 6*126 7 176 5469 4565 4 071 5*129 6*123 7 177 4565 3765 3 074 5 129 6 121 6 155 3765 3050 3*096 5 129 5 120 6 126 3050 2417 3*104 4 129 5 118 8 107 2417 1889 3 105 4 131 4 117 9 101 1889 1483 3 105 3 132 4 116 9 098 1483 1205 3 104 3 132 3 114 8 096 1205 1035 3 104 3 132 3 113 7*095 1035 938 3 104 2 132 3 114 5*094 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography